List of Ships of The Imperial Japanese Navy - Battleships

Battleships

  • Kōtetsu, (1864–1888) – Japan's first ironclad warship, later renamed Azuma {Ex-"CSS Stonewall"}
  • Fusō (1877–1910)
  • Battleship prizes of the First Sino-Japanese War :
    • Chin'en (1882, ex-Chinese Chen Yuen (1895–1914))
  • Fuji class
    • Fuji (1896–1948)
    • Yashima (1896–1904)
  • Shikishima class
    • Shikishima (1898–1948)
    • Hatsuse (1899–1904)
  • Asahi (1899–1942)
  • Mikasa (1900 – Preserved)
  • Battleship prizes of the Russo-Japanese War :
    • Iki (1889, ex-Russian Imperator Nikolai I) (1905–1915)
    • Tango (1892, ex-Russian Poltava) (1905–1923)
    • Sagami (1898, ex-Russian Peresviet)  (1905–1916)
    • Suwo (1900, ex-Russian Pobieda) (1905–1946)
    • Hizen (1900, ex-Russian Retvizan) (1905–1924)
    • Iwami (1902, ex-Russian Orel) (1905–1924)
    • Mishima (1894, ex-Russian Admiral Senyavin)  (1905–1936)
    • Okinoshima (1896, ex-Russian General-Admiral Graf Apraxin)  (1905–1925)
  • Katori class
    • Katori (1905–1924)
    • Kashima (1905–1924)
  • Satsuma class
    • Satsuma (1906–1924)
    • Aki (1907–1923)
  • Kawachi class
    • Kawachi (1910–1918)
    • Settsu (1911–1924)
  • Kongō class – Battlecruisers rebuilt as fast battleships
    • Kongō (1912–1944)
    • Hiei (1912–1942)
    • Haruna (1913–1945)
    • Kirishima (1913–1942)
  • Fusō class
    • Fusō (1914–1944)
    • Yamashiro (1915–1944)
  • Ise class
    • Ise (1916–1945)
    • Hyūga (1917–1945)
  • Nagato class
    • Nagato (1919–1946)
    • Mutsu (1920–1943)
  • Battleship prizes of World War I:
    • ex-Turkish Torgud Reis, ex-German Weissenburg, assigned but not taken over) – BU 1938
    • ex-German Nassau BU 1920
    • ex-German Oldenburg – BU 1921
  • Kaga-class
    • Kaga (1921 – converted to an aircraft carrier)
    • Tosa (cancelled 1922)
  • Yamato class
    • Yamato (1940–1945)
    • Musashi (1940–1944)
    • Shinano (converted to an aircraft carrier)
    • No.111 (cancelled 1942)
    • No.797 (not started)

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